Shopchantal Stylefile

It’s been some time since I’ve been able to get to updating the blog. My apologies to all.  The reason is that we’ve been working tirelessing for weeks on our new location at 229 Commercial Street in Portland Maine.

Our new space has wood floors, exposed brick walls and huge ceiling beams and has a bit more of a warehouse feel than our past location.  We are now completely open on Commercial Street (less a few unpacked boxes) and our selection of designers is as amazing as ever. 

We’ve added some great new designers to the new space including Treesje and Botkier handbags, now featured on our handbag wall. More styles are arriving daily and the wall should be filled with Fall 2010 bags in no time.

A try-on seating section is close by to our new shoe displays with shoe cabinets close at hand so we can check styles and sizes quickly and easily from Joie, Pour La Victoire and  Cynthia Vincent.

Next to the handbag wall is our set of jewely cases complete with a mirror and shelving making it super easy to try on necklaces, earrings and bracelets from Streets Ahead, Gorjana, GemmaRedux, Alex and Ani and our newest ring designer, Tre.

Floating shelving makes viewing our Splendid tees and Me & Kashmiere scarves a pleasure.  For Fall and Winter, you will find these shelves stocked with gorgeous Autumn Cashmere and sweater pieces from Joie, Edun and Rebecca Taylor.

Our new cable hanging rod system makes our collection of contemporary designers like Shoshanna, Elizabeth & James, Nanette Lepore, Son of John, Monrow and so many more really easy to see and pair up with our amazing pieces of denim.

Just beyond the beautiful hanging collections is our glass cube wall filled with your favorite denim designers including Genetic, [Blank], DL1961, Current/Elliott, Rock & Republic, PRVCY premium and more to come soon.

We hope you will come visit our new space and see what’s new for collections including our expanded shoe and handbag designers.

229 Commecial Street (former Decorum space) is next door to Barbour and McKenzieTribe and across the street from Sushi Sapporo.  207.347.4427 www.shopchantal.com

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Simply elegant, extremely timeless, and worth every penny is Edun’s Zimba Wrap dress from their Spring/Summer 2009 collection.  As every “in the know” fashaholic knows, DvF made this simple silhouette an international celebrity and Edun’s modern interpretation is simple, sleek, and polished!  We view this piece as a blank canvas that can be accessorized to portray any individual style and a piece that can be worn to any event. 

Street chic:  Throw on a Me & Kashmiere scarf, Pour La Victoire’s Blanche, the Street’s Ahead Roger Belt, and a Foley & Corinna Mid-City Tote

Office Appropriate:  Wear some black opaque tights to transition into Spring, Twelfth Street’s Seema or Allison Bootie, and a Splendid Flare Cardi

Date Night Essential:  Throw it on with Pour La Victoire’s Tatienne Heel, accessorize with a fun, navy waist belt, and Gorjana’s Ludlow Earring

Pictured below:  Edun’s Zimba Wrap Dress available at www.shopchantal.com and Angelina Jolie wearing a longer version of this essential style!

Edun Zimba Wrap Dress

Angeline Jolie in Black Silk Wrap Dress

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This has been the best season to pick up accessories. I am so in love with all the great accessories to pick from that we did a “accessory spotlight” in our lookbook just to show you how many we have to choose from this season.

Pour La Victoire Bianca Bootie

Fabulous scarves, hats and gloves, booties, handbags and jewelry have all taken it up a notch with the addition of great fabrics, colors and textures. And, of course, as many of you know I can never have too many belts. I am obsessed and always have been. This is my year. Belts are hot and we have the best selection from waist belts to skinny trouser belts to studded jean belts.

My favorite accessories so far have been the Foley & Corrina Glazed Mid City Clutch in blue and the new Pour La Victoire Bianca cut out bootie sandal and I live in my Streets Ahead Roger belt (or as we call it “sex and the city” belt). Pair this all with a little Generra dress and some Rebecca Taylor tights and I’m ready to go.

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Do I need to really write something about these boots? Don’t they speak for themselves?

Well, I should at least tell you that they are Rebecca Taylor Spring 09 boots. They are a gorgeous, soft leather in camel color. The laser cutouts, open toe and 4″ heel are so fabulous.

We’ll let you know as soon as we get in our order at shopchantal.com, but for now all we can do is fawn over them and dream of the cute outfits we’ll purchase around them. I’m thinking Current/Elliot jeans and a bright Shoshanna top with long, layered necklaces from Gorjana and a really cool coat from Generra. Or maybe just a simple, slip dress from Twelfth Street with a rockin Streets Ahead belt and a Splendid scarf tied at the neck.

Sweet dreams.

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